Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-05-27
SIDEWALK PRATTLE.

| u. s. official business.
| There is twenty feet of snow in Dead
Horse canyon.
Fourth of July meeting next Monday
evening. Get there.
The road over the mountain Is In
good condition for travel.
- Farmers have been busy this last week
finishing up their plowing.
We offer two more bargains in real
estate under new this week.
wizard Girton has shipped $500 lbs OF
wool, the result of this seasons clip.
Numerous styles of ladies hats at
Alexander & Freidenrich. $3.50.
The Fairview Sunday school and day
school are closed on account Of measles.
The new stock certificates of the G. r.
C. A. are on hand and ready to be COB
bled.
The G & B pack train discharged
freight at Mt. Idaho Sunday and re-
turned the next day.
The c. R. c. Academy closed for the
season last Friday after prolonged and
successful term.
A big time is expected on "Children's
day." June 18th. Exercises in the even
ing by the Sunday school.
o. X. Benn is down with the measles
and VIM. Deacy is driving stage through
to Lewiston in his absence.
Jas. Wall, a nephew of Th. Wall, of
Clearwater, arrived out from Missouri
Monday to make his home here.
]. w. Parker has received his com.
mission and seal as notary public for
this county, and is now ready for biz.
Alexander & Freidenrich have the
finest display of lawns and dress goods
ever broueht to this town. 1880.
Wild geese and swans are still flying
northward. The focks are cut V shaped
as before.
Miss Emma McGaffee is teaching at
the Addison school house with 26 pu-
pills under her care.
Mr.. A. Carpenter has rented his
ranch for this season to Mr.. Eller, one
of the new arrivals from Arkansas.
TAKE NoTIcE.-Those desiring to
prove up ON their land can save time
and money, by calling on Judge Parker
at this Office.
Rev. d. G. Strong was given the slip
by one of his horses that got out of j.
III. Robinson's stable and went back to
Lewiston.
Parties desiring dental work done will
find J. II. McCallie at his Office in the
drug store every day between the hours
of 8 A. NJ. and P. NJ.
Ed Beck and Dick Roberts start fol
Lewiston to-day to assist in the minstrel
performance to be given shortly by the
band at that place.
Miss Kate Surridge arrived here last
| week from Milan, Michigan, on a six
months visit to her brothers in the
Fairview country.
Judge Shumway left last week as 6
delegate to represent Charity grange al
the session of the Oregon state grange
now sitting at Salem.
ZGrangeville will be made money
I order office of the second class on July
l. Postmaster Beck has forwarded tht
$4,000 bonds required to qualify.
| "Over the lawns and the meadows, .
Is creeping a tinge of green;
And over the face of nature,
The signs of summer are SEEN"
There is nasty soft little pitch OF
the road across the prairie at Shebani
creek which ought to be graded down
as teams are all the time getting stallet
there.
THE third quarterly conference of tn
7 M. E. church was held here last Satur
day and Sunday by elder d. G. Strong
There were three accessions to tb
church on Sunday.
ID. H. Telcher will soon commenc
the erection of a new two story dwellin
house On his ranch to replace the on
destroyed by fire recently. The insur
. ance people paid him 1890, the fu
) amount for which he was insured.
Mr.. Gardiner, former partner
? John B. Cook in the blacksmith bus
, ness at Pomeroy arrived on the prairi
Q last week and likes the country so muc
J that he will remain to stay, and wi
i probably work with T. j. Davis tn
/ summer.
a DIR. McCallie will visit every hou'
s on Camas prairie within the next tv
= months in order to introduce himse
81 and work to the people, that he ms
the sooner build up good Office pra
n tice. He has come to stay, and it W
rs be to the interest of all to liberal
IS patronise him.
ID Nv. d. Perkins, T. III. Jeffries and
a. w. Thornton. of the prairie, have e
i'd rolled for the local paper, and Hen
4 <. Ternan, of Elk city, sends another
al his brother in the province of Ontar
ne Canada. When the circulation reacf